story: Zen () is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as Chan Buddhism. Zen school was strongly influenced by Taoism and developed as a distinct school of Chinese Buddhism. From China, Chan Buddhism spread south to Vietnam, northeast to Korea and east to Japan, where it became known as Japanese Zen. 
  
  The term Zen is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 (Chan) which traces its roots to the Indian practice of Dhyana ("meditation"). Zen emphasizes rigorous self-control, meditation-practice, insight into Buddha-nature, and the personal expression of this insight in daily life, especially for the benefit of others. As such, it de-emphasizes mere knowledge of sutras and doctrine and favors direct understanding through zazen and interaction with an accomplished teacher. 
  
  The teachings of Zen include various sources of Mahayana thought, especially Yogachara, the Tathāgatagarbha sūtras and the Huayan school, with their emphasis on Buddha-nature, totality, and the Bodhisattva-ideal. The Prajñāpāramitā literature and, to a lesser extent, Madhyamaka have also been influential in the shaping of the "paradoxical language" of the Zen-tradition. 
  
  The word "Zen" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 () (pinyin: "Chán"), which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word "dhyāna" (ध्यान ), which can be approximately translated as "absorption" or "meditative state".
questions: Zen is part of which religion?
questions: What is it a school of?
questions: Where did that type come from?
questions: When?
questions: What influenced Zen?
questions: Name a country to which it spread from China.
questions: Name something the teachings of Zen emphasizes.
questions: What else?
questions: And what else?
questions: When should that insight be expressed?
questions: Does Zen value mere knowledge of doctrine?
questions: What does it value instead?
questions: Through what?
questions: What Chinese word does Zen trace back to?
questions: What Sanskrit word does this come from in turn?
questions: What is a meaning of this word?
questions: Who practiced Dhyana?
questions: Is Zen present in Vietnam?
questions: What about Cambodia?
questions: What is it called in Japan?
answers: Buddhism
answers: Zen () is a school of Mahayana Buddhism
answers: Mahayana Buddhism
answers: Mahayana Buddhism
answers: China
answers: Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China 
answers: During the Tang dynasty
answers: during the Tang dynasty
answers: Taoism
answers: Zen school was strongly influenced by Taoism
answers: Japan
answers: China, Chan Buddhism spread south to Vietnam, northeast to Korea and east to Japan
answers: Meditation-practice
answers:  Zen emphasizes rigorous self-control, meditation-practice
answers: Rigorous self-control
answers: Zen emphasizes rigorous self-control
answers: Insight into Buddha's nature
answers: Zen emphasizes rigorous self-control, meditation-practice, insight into Buddha-nature
answers: All the time, especially for the benefit of others.
answers: Zen emphasizes rigorous self-control, meditation-practice, insight into Buddha-nature, and the personal expression of this insight in daily life, especially for the benefit of others.
answers: No
answers: As such, it de-emphasizes mere knowledge of sutras and doctrine and favors direct understanding through zazen and interaction with an accomplished teacher. 
answers: Direct understanding
answers: favors direct understanding through zazen and interaction with an accomplished teacher.
answers: Through "zazen" and interaction with an accomplished teacher.
answers: through zazen and interaction with an accomplished teacher.
answers: 禪
answers:  "Zen" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 () (pinyin: "Chán"
answers: ध्यान
answers: The word "Zen" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 () (pinyin: "Chán"), which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word "dhyāna" (ध्यान )
answers: "absorption" or "meditative state"
answers: turn is derived from the Sanskrit word "dhyāna" (ध्यान ), which can be approximately translated as "absorption" or "meditative state".
answers: Indians
answers:  Indian practice of Dhyana (
answers: Yes
answers: Chan Buddhism spread south to Vietnam
answers: unknown
answers: unknown
answers: Japanese Zen
answers:  Japan, where it became known as Japanese Zen